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CMK's Contemporaine changes the language of city housing
A few months ago, Colin Kihnke, of CMK Development, could not stop talking about Contemporai [...]
Don't rely on others to protect your interests in home purchase
As with most major purchases, you should expect some repairs or adjustments to a new home once you have taken possession. Sometimes needed repairs are [...]
Can shuttered Cook County Hospital be resuscitated as rehabbed housing?
Old hospital buildings, like the long-term benefits baby boomers once expected from Medicare, seem to be on their way to extinction.
In recent years, [...]
Chicago's hottest neighborhoods 2004
Temperature soars in some areas, even in cooler market
Chicago has been better insulated than some cities from a stubbornly long economic slump, but [...]
Lincoln Point passes 75% sold
Sales have passed the 75 percent mark at Lincoln Point, a 60-unit condominium development under construction at 5900 N. Lincoln, on the Northwest Side [...]
Belgravia plans new W. Loop townhouses
Belgravia Group, the developer behind townhouse projects such as Kensington Park and Via Como, plans to build 69 new townhomes in the West Loop, a nei [...]
Construction underway at the Montgomery
Construction has started at the Montgomery, the 243-unit condo conversion of the former Montgomery Ward & Co. headquarters, at 500 W. Superior, in Riv [...]
Prairie House reaches 75 percent sold
Since taking over the Prairie House at Central Station development from Bejco, the Radco Companies has reached the 75 percent sold mark at the 203-uni [...]
Dubin offers free upgrades at Arcadia
Dubin Residential is offering $10,000 in free upgrades on remaining townhouses at Arcadia Place, a 34-unit development in the West Loop.
"Buyers looki [...]
Sutherland rebuilding Drexel Boulevard
Sutherland Pearsall Development has built a variety of new housing on the South Side in recent years, but the company is having an especially big impa [...]
Prairie House hits 75% sold
After taking over from Bejco Development, the Radco Companies has hit the 75 percent sold mark at Prairie House at Central Station, a new townhome and [...]
Westhaven Park opens new model
Developers Brinshore Development, LLC and the Michaels Development Company have opened a new decorated condominium model Westhaven Park, a 755-unit mi [...]
Encore in Old Town
"I love Italian; everything Italian has such a nice flair."
So says Robert Mosky, referring to the Neapolitan, the new highrise he built at 1212 N. W [...]
Hidden costs can lurk around doors, windows in new homes
The fact that everything you can see looks good in your new condo or townhouse does not mean that all is well. Two of the places you probably haven't [...]
Slow turning
Builders to focus on deals, remaining units in '04
Buyers of new homes were cautious in 2003, taking their time and hunting for the best possible d [...]
Invsco debuts Lakeview on Lincoln Park
American Invsco has announced the debut of a long-awaited project in the heart of Lincoln Park that the developer promises will be the height of luxur [...]
Crescent opens models at 30 E. Huron
Crescent Heights is opening eight decorated models at 30 E. Huron, a 460-unit highrise that will be the developer's fourth major condominium conversio [...]
Optima Horizons 85% sold in Evanston
Optima, Inc., an architecture and development firm that champions forward-looking design, has sold 85 percent of the units at its Optima Horizons proj [...]
Masters of their Domain
There wasn't much in the vicinity of Chicago Avenue and the Chicago River a few years ago, unless you count cement mixers, newspaper delivery trucks a [...]
City proposes downtown zoning reforms
The city is proposing some progressive measures that would spur affordable housing and address traffic congestion as part of an overhaul of Chicago's [...]